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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2018
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Haruhiko Nishiguchi, Wako, JP;
Satoshi Fujii, Wako, JP;
Hiroyuki Koibuchi, Wako, JP;
Idhsada Sanguanwongthong, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device () including: a detector () detecting other vehicles; a lane change executer () executing a lane change of a subject vehicle on the basis of states of the other vehicles detected by the detector without depending on a steering operation of a vehicle occupant of the subject vehicle; a determiner () determining whether or not the lane change is to be continued on the basis of the states of the other vehicles executing a lane change from a third lane adjacent to a second lane to the second lane, which are being detected or have been detected by the detector, after control of executing a lane change of the subject vehicle from a first lane to the second lane adjacent to the first lane is started by the lane change executer; and a return controller () returning the subject vehicle from the second lane to the first lane in a case in which it is determined that the lane change is not to be continued by the determiner.